Michigan DB Quinten Johnson earns rookie minicap tryout with Atlanta Falcons
Michigan Wolverines veteran safety Quinten Johnson has found his NFL opportunity, joining the Atlanta Falcons for the team’s rookie minicamp this weekend.
The Athletic’s Dane Brugler ranked Johnson as the No. 154 cornerback in the class, according to “The Beast,” his annual draft guide, but he was not selected or signed on draft weekend. He is the second reported tryout of the weekend, along with cornerback Aamir Hall with the Detroit Lions.
Johnson spent six seasons at Michigan, appearing in 59 games (36 on defense) with 13 starts. He started all 16 games last season, making 43 tackles, including a tackle for loss with five passes defended during his final season in the Maize and Blue. He is a bit of a folk hero in Ann Arbor after forcing a critical fumble late in the 27-20 overtime over Alabama in the 2023 Rose Bowl, setting Michigan up for its first national championship since 1997 the following week when it took down the Washington Huskies.
Johnson had originally declared for the 2024 NFL Draft before reaching an NIL deal to stay for one more season in Ann Arbor.
“After the season, I was dealing with an injury and I was kind of taking it day by day just seeing how the injury would progress, and weighing out my options on what made the most sense,” Johnson said last offseason. “And then at the end of the day I had a great conversation with Coach Moore and Coach Wink about different opportunities that would present themselves from an NFL level and a college level. And it just made the best sense to come back.”
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“I actually was doing a lot of my rehab in Ann Arbor, so I was still around the team. Even when I was declared for the draft, I was still here a lot talking to Wink and talking to Coach Moore and talking to a lot of the different players about ways I can improve as a player. I was able to have those day-to-day conversations and day-to-day interactions that ultimately led back to me coming back. Even after a national championship, the offseason is the offseason, and you’ve got to get ready for the next season regardless of how the outcome of the last season was. It was work. Every day was work. It was six days a week. It wasn’t thinking about going on vacation here or doing this, doing that. It was getting back to work.”
Johnson was a four-star recruit and the No. 335 player in the country in the 2019 class, per the On3 Industry Ranking. The Washington, D.C. product was the nation’s No. 30 cornerback during the recruiting process.
